Biographies

Source: 
History of Morgan County, Ohio
with
Portraits and Biographical Sketches
of some of its
Pioneers and Prominent Men.
By Charles Robertson, M. D.
 - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co.
1886

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JESSE R. FOULKE was born in Pennville, Morgan County, in 1838.  He studied law with Judge F. W. Wood, and in September, 1867, was admitted to the bar.  He practiced his profession in Morgan County until October, 1871, when he became proprietor of the Herald which he edited and published until the spring of 1886, when he removed to St. Paul, Minn.  Mr. Foulke was married in 1871 to Anna Brownell, daughter of Charles Brownell, and is the the father of two children - Ethel and Mabel. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 268 WILLIAM FOULKE was born in Penn Township, Morgan County, Jan. 1, 1843.  He read law with Judge Wood and was admitted to the bar at the same time with his brother above mentioned.  In 1869 he removed to Malta and became a member of hte law firm of Pond, Corner & Foulke.  In 1872 he was elected prosecuting attorney. This office he held two terms, and during this period was in partnership with Hon. M. M. Granger.  Afterward he was partner in the firm of Pond & Foulke, which relation existed until June 1883.  Mr. Foulke then moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he became the partner of W. C. Sprague.  He was married in 1865 to Margaret J. Dewees, daughter of Aaron P. Dewees, of Pennsville.  From this union were born three children - Walter, deceased, and Edith and Elsie, living. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 268 HON. LEMEN FOUTS, ex-probate judge, died at his home in McConnelsville, June 25, 1876.  He was born in Brooks County, Va., Dec. 11, 1800, and in 1815 came to Morgan County, settling with his parents on Meigs Creek, a mile from any neighbor.  Here he endured the hardships of pioneer life until 1824.  In that year he married Elizabeth Jennings, of Marietta, and came to McConnelsville to live.  He worked at the carpenter's trade, and with the exception of a few years at the house of his only son.  Rev. J. W. Fouts, in Beverly, resided in the town until his death.  He was elected probate judge in 1854, and filled that office to the entire satisfaction of the public for six years.  He was a member of the Methodist Church for fifty-four years, and was prominent in church matter.  He was a good man, a worthy citizen, and always on the right side of every moral question. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 264

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